Coin-registering bank.



PATENTED JULY 28, 1903..

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COIN REGISTERING BANK.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 27. 1901.

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UNITED STATES Patented July 28, 1903 PATENT OFFICE.

COIN-REGISTERING BANK.

SPECIFICATION forming part or Letters Patent No. 734,705, dated July28,1903.

Application filerl February 27,1901. Serial No. 49,086. (No model.)

To a whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JAMES F. HEALY, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and a resident of Florence, in the county of Hampshire andState of Massachusetts, haveinvent ed certain new and usefulImprovements in Coin-Registering Banks, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to a coin-register adapted for the reception ofcoins of various denominations; and it has forrits primary object theprovision of an apparatus of this character into which the coins may beplaced promiscuously and in which they are sorted according to thevarious, sizes, thereupon to be brought into cont-act with a registeringmechanism, whereby the several values are counted upon a suitablemechanism provided therefor.

My invention has, furthermore, for its object the provision of aplurality of magazines in connection with a coin chute or conduit,whereby the coins of the various denominations may be received andsorted preparatory to their entrance into their respective pockets,whereby they are conducted to the registering mechanism.

My invention furthermore includes, in connection with eachcoin-receiving pocket, a device whereby a coin is supported during itsdescent in said pocket, and also a device whereby said coin may afterits support has been withdrawn therefrom be forced into contact with amechanism whereby its face value will be registered.

My invention furthermore has for its object the provision of means forpreventing more than one coin to enter any one of the pockets-that is tosay, only one coin may be in position to be acted upon for being broughtinto contact with the registering mechanism at a time.

A further object of my invention resides in the combination with acounting mechanism of a device which is operable by a coin being forcedinto contact therewith, and it comprises, substantially, a rack movableinto engagement with several of the register dials or disks and alsoshiftable to turn said disks in proper direction individually, while, onthe other hand, said disks are cooperatively connected, so that eachdisk may be rotated in note siinilar parts, Figure 1 is a perspectiveview of coin-receiver made in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is afront view thereof partly broken away to disclose the interior;

Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken on line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is afractional front view showing one of the coins after it has beenpermitted to slide downward in its pocket and until it has come to astate of rest upon the device for operating the mechanism whereby itsface value is to be registered. Figs. 5 and 6 illustrate theregister-operating mechanism in the successive positions assumed duringthe period of registering the coin value, Fig. 5 illustrating the rackdepressed to the limit of its movement, and Fig.6 showing the sameshifted longitudinally. Figs. 7 to 9, inclusive, show the method ofoperation for registering a twenty-five-cent piece, Fig. 7 illustratingthe rack depressed, Fig. 8 showing it partly shifted to register fivecents, and Fig. 9 showing the rack shifted to the limit of its movementto register two dimes additionally. Figs. 10 to 14, inclusive, aredifferent views of the register-dials, Fig. 10 being a front viewthereof. Fig. 11 represents a top View of the mechanism shown in Fig.10; and the remaining views, Figs. 12,13,

and 14, illustrate the position which the dials will assume whendifferent coins are regis tered,-as will hereinafter appear.

In the drawings, designates a suitable casing, preferably made in twosections, the

upper section 20 of which contains a chute whereby coins of variousdenominations may be guided into their proper places, while the lowersection is adapted for the reception of a suitable counting orregistering mechanism, whereby the face value of the several coins asthere deposited are consecutively registered, so that the contents ofthe receptacle may be read at a glance.

In the preferred form thereof shown the casing 20' is provided with anopening or slot 21, which constitutes the receiving end of a coinconduit or chute, preferably made of sheet metal and shown in Fig. 3 andcomprising a pair of adjacent coin-supporting surfaces 22 and 23, theformer of which, 22, has a plurality of perforations or apertures,(designated herein by a, b, c, d, and e.) These apertures are of suchsize as to permit the passage of coins corresponding to the sizes of adime, a cent, a five-cent piece, a twenty-fivecent piece, and ahalf-dollar piece in the order named. Near the bottom of the angularchute each of said apertures is provided with a ledge 24, whereby thebottom of a coin during its passage down said chute may be retained inplace and which serve as edges around and over which the several coinsmay drop sidewise to be received in suitable magazines m, which at theirlower ends communicate with pockets p',p p p and p respectively. Thepockets and magazines are separated from each other by a series ofpartitions 25, 26, 27, 2S, and 29, so that the different denominationsor sizes of coins may be properly retained within their respectivepockets. These pockets are formed, substantially, by a plate 30, towhich the partitions above referred to may be secured or with which theymay be made integral, while the rear wall of said pockets is preferablyformed by a plate of sheet metal 31, which, as can be seen in Fig. 3, isbent over at its upper end to form the coin-chute above mentioned, andthis chute is properly distanced from the front plate 30 by being bentaround and resting against the rear edges of the partitions between thepockets above referred to. Disposed below the lower open ends of thepockets is a mechanism whereby a coin after it has passed from any oneof the pockets may be received and whereby subsequently a suitablecounting mechanism may be actuated to register the value of such coin orcoins in consecutive order, this mechanism being herein shown as a rackR, movable vertically and shiftable longitudinally, as will hereinafterappear. Means are provided whereby the passage of more than one coininto position to engage the rack B may be prevented, so that the saidrack can be operated by only one coin at a time, and interference withits movement is therefore avoided. These means consist, in the presentinstance, of a series of detents 32, preferably formed by punched-outportions of the rear pocket-wall 31 and bent at their upper ends toproject into the path of the descending coins, as is clearly shown inFig. 3. The tendency of these detents is to be withdrawn from thepocket, and therefore means are provided whereby said detents arepositioned and retained in said pockets, these means consisting,substantially, of aseries of cams 33, mounted upon a shaft 34, which isjournaled in the casing 20, and one end of which carries a crank-arm 35,whereby said shaft may be rotated in the direction of arrow 35'. (SeeFig. 2.) Also mounted on said shaft are a series of cam-disks 36, eachhaving a pair of fingers 37 and 38, the former of which serves as ameans for supporting the coin the present instance the detents 32 arepositioned so as to enter the several pockets at one side of the centerline, so that as a pair of coins are permitted to movedownward in thepocket said detent may enter between said coins, as is clearly shown inFig. 2, and thus stop the upper coin from further descent, while thelower coin may continue downward until its supporting-finger iswithdrawn therefrom, and the coin will then be allowed to drop intocontact with the rack R for operating the registering apparatus.

The apparatus shown in the drawings may of course be extended to suitany number or varieties of coins, and it should be noted here that thespirit of my invention will not be departed from by such increase.

The particular operation of the mechanism whereby the register isactuated is substantiallythe same for all the different coins, and henceI will atfirst describe the operation of registering ahalf-dollar piece,the position of which is shown in the extreme left of Fig.2. Here thecoin is shown supported on the supporting-finger 37 of thecam-disk 36,which upon a slight rotatiouviz., until said finger has passed out ofthe pocket p will be permitted to drop into contact with the rack R,which in this instance is provided with a lateral extension 39,projecting into said pocket through a slot or opening 40, providedtherefor in the front plate 30. The rack R is mounted for verticalmovement and is preferably forced upward by a spring 41, the upper endof which enters a notch 42 in said rack, while its lower end is steppedin a lug 43, preferably formed on the front plate of the casing 20, andthe upward movement of said rack is limited by pins 44 and 44,projecting from the frontplate 30 and at the same time serving as ameans for securely holding said plate 30 and the front plate of thecasing 20 together. The pins 44 pass through slots 45 and 46, providedtherefor in the rack R, and depressions 47 are formed in said rack to beengaged by said pins 44 for retaining said rack in proper position.After the coin has come to rest upon the lateral extension 39 a furtherrotation of the cam-disk 36 will cause the finger 38 to enter the pocket19 and finally come into contact with the upper edge or periphery of thecoin, so that said coin may be forced downward, and with it the left endof the rack R, until the bearing-face 48 will strike the pin 44. Therack has in this manner been swung around the pin 44 as an axis, and asthe shaft 34 is now still further rotated the coin will be wedgedbetween the extension 39 of the rack and the partition 29,

and will therefore cause the rack R to move bodily to the left for asmall extent, when said rack will again be depressed until it comes incontact with the bearing-face 49, at which time the rack will be inposition to operate upon the registering mechanism in the followingmanner: The registering or counting mechanism herein shown comprises aseries of dials or disks 50, 51, and 52, upon which the units, tens, andhundreds are counted in the order named. The disks are mounted forrotation on studs 50', 51, and 52, respectively, held in the front plateof the easing 20, and each dial has in the present instance a series ofnumerals ranging from O to 9, making a total of ten figures, which areadapted to pass in consecutive order an opening 70, provided in thefront plate of the casing 20, and through which the condition of theregister, and therefore the amount of coin contained in the apparatus,maybe read at a glance. The dials 50, 51, and 52 are organized in such amanner that after the dial 50 has made one complete rotation thesucceeding dial 51 will make one-tenth of a rotation, and it should bestated here that the particular means whereby this progressive movementof the dial 51 as caused by the dial 50 is immaterial as far as thespirit of my invention is concerned. The means shown in the presentinstance for accomplishing this result consist of a tooth 71, providedat the periphery of the dial 50 and in proper position to engagesuccessively, and after each rotation of the dial 50 a series of teeth73, formed on a disk 72, which is mounted for rotation with the dial 51,the location of the disk 72 relative to the dial 51 being such that whena numeral on said dial is opposite the aperture in the front casing thetooth 71 during its revolu tion around the stud 50 will engage one ofsaid teeth 73 and rotate said disk until the next numeral on the dial 51has been brought opposite the aperture 70, at which time the tooth 71will have been disengaged from the tooth 73, which had been acted uponthereby, while at the same time a succeeding tooth 73 will have beenbrought into proper position to be engaged duringthe next rotation ofthe dial 50in the direction of arrow A. (See Fig. 10.)Theorganizationthusfardescribed and relating to the dials 50 and 51 isduplicated between the dials 51 and 52, the dial 51 having a tooth 74,which during its revolution around the stud 51 in the direction of arrowB will be caused to successively engage a series of teeth 75, formed onthe disk 76, which is mounted for rotation with the dial 52 on the stud52 in the direction of arrow 0, Fig. 10.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that dial 51 may berotated in the direction of arrow B without having anyeffect upon thepreceding dial 50, but that such r0- tation will be effective upon thedial 52, which at the proper time will be turned one division. The dials50 and 51 carry pinions 53 front plate 30 and the center of which isslightly below the center of the stud 51, is another pinion 58, each ofthe pinions so far enumerated having ten teeth, so that in the presentinstance the dial 50 will make one complete rotation to register tenunits, while the dial 51 will make one complete rotation for a similarnumber of tens. Likewise it will be understood that inasmuch as thepinions 54 and 58 are similar a certain rotation of one will result in asimilar rotation on the part of the other. The rack R is also providedat its under side with a pair of teeth 59, the purposes of which will beset forth hereinafter. As has been previously stated, during theoperation of registering the half-dollar coin the rack has beendescribed as being depressed sufficiently, so that the face 49 was incontact with the pin 44, and at this time the rack-teeth 56 are inposition to engage the pinion 54, so that as the rack R is shiftedbodily toward the left the pinion 54 will be turned until the shiftingmovement of the rack is discontinued -or until the teeth 56 thereof havepassed beyond their working zone relatively to said pinion 54. Theshifting movement of the rack toward the left is of course controlled bythe diameter of the coin O, which must pass the edge 39 of the extension39, when the rack will have been shifted sufficiently to turn the pinion54 for a distance equal to five teeth thereof, and consequently thetens-dial will have turned one-half and will have therefore registeredfive dimes. (See Fig. 12.) As soon as the coin C has passed the point 39the spring 41 will immediately become effective in raising the rack tothe limit of its upward movement, and, furthermore, will shift said rackR back to its original position, as shown in Fig. 2. All of the severalpockets p, 19 19 p and p are entered by similarlyt'ormed' cams or disks36, the distance between their fingers being substantially equal to orless than one-fifth of the length of the disk circumference, while eachdisk 36 is provided with only one pair of adjacent fingers 37 and 38, asabove stated. The several disks being therefore similar in shape andaction are to be disposed on the shaft 34 so that as one forcing-finger38 enters one pocket the supporting-finger 37 of one adjacent disk 36enters its corresponding pocket at the same time, so that therefore itwill be seen that when the coin contained in one pocket is forceddownward and past the rack R the coin in the adjacent pocket will bejust permitted to enter the same, ready to be operated upon during thesucceeding fifth of the rotation on the part of the shaft 34. These samestatements as just made are pertinent for all of the succeeding pocketsand the disks 36 entering the same, the principal feature being asuccessive operation of the several disks upon the coins in thesucceeding pockets.

While the operation of the rack as to its &

vertical movement is substantially the same in all cases, the shiftingmovement thereof is, however, differential and varied according to thecircumstances required by the various coins, some of which will tend tomove the rack R to the left, while others will move the same toward theright.

Referring directly to Fig. 2, it will be seen that, starting from theleft end of Fig. 2, the

coin C will shift the rack R toward the left,

while the coin C will move the rack toward the right, as will also beaccomplished by the coin C The coin 0 again will move the rack towardthe right, while the coin C will shift the rack toward the left.

From the description given of the operation of registering a fifty-centpiece it will therefore be evident that when a dime is to be registered,this coin being designated by C the rack R will be depressed at itsright end until the bearing-face of the slot 46, above referred to, willcome in contact with the pin 44', whereby the downward moveteeth of thepinion 54, so that when the rack R is shifted toward the left by thepassage of the coin C past its extension 61 the pinion 54 will be turnedfor an amount equal to one tooth, thereby turning the tens-dial onenotch. The adjacent coin 0 corresponds to the size of a cent-piece,which during its downward travel will be forced into contact with theextension 62, thereby again depressing the rack R at its right .enduntil the bearing-face 63 will strike the pin 44 and the rack-teeth 55are in positions to act upon the pinion 53, which is secured to theunits-dial 50. The rack R will be shifted by the coin 0 toward the rightfor an amount equal to one tooth of the pinion 53, therefore indicatingor registering one cent, while the next adjacent coin C will shift therack to an amount equal to five teeth of the pinion 53, and thereforeregister five cents additionally.

While the registrations so far described will each take place only on asingle dial, the registration of'a twenty-five-cent piece is different,inasmuch as by the descent of the coin C the rack R is tilted ordepressed until the rack-teeth 55 are in alinement with the teeth of thepinion 53, while at the same time the rack-teeth 59 are brought intoalinement with the teeth of the intermediate 58. In this case theoperation takes place in the following manner: As the coin (J is forcedpast the extension 64 the rack R will be shifted toward the right,thereby turning the pinion 53 to an amount equal to five teeth, andtherefore registering five cents, as may be seen by comparison of Figs.12 and 13. On continuation of the movement on the part of the rack R anduntil the coin O is forced past the extension 64 the rack-teeth 59 willcome into engagement with and turn the intermediate 58, and thereforethe pinion 54 as well, for an amount equal to two divisions, thereforeregistering two dimes, as may be seen by comparison of Figs. 13 and 14,the operation of registering the twenty-five-cent piece being moreparticularly shown in Figs. 7 to 9, inclusive, of the drawings. Meansare provided for preventing backward rotation of the shaft 34, thesemeans consisting substantially of a ratchet 65, secured to said shaftand engaged by a suitable pawl 66, the organization of these devicesbeing readily understood, but their purposes being a very importantfactor in the mechanism above described in preventing disarrangement orbreakage or interference of the several parts which comprise my improvedapparatus.

It is evident that many changes may be made in the construction or inthe proper organization of the various devices above described withoutdeparting from the gist of my invention, more especially in connectionwith the device whereby one dial is rotated one notch upon the completerotation of the preceding dial. It should be also noted that although Ihave shown in the drawings a rack which is vertically movable to bebrought into position so that the teeth may engage the pinions on theseveral dials it is obvious that the horizontal alinement need notnecessarily be disturbed, in which case the pinions and their respectivedials should of course be made movable one upon the other, so that whensaid pinions are rotated in one direction they will turn said dials,while when they are moved in the opposite direction a rotation on thepart of the pinions will not be effective to produce any movement of thedial; and, again,l may so design and construct the mechanism under andwithout departure from the present invention by constituting the coinforcing or actuating device, here exemplified by the part 36, that onepart serves both as a stop or detent to prevent the premature falling ofthe coin to its register-operating position and as the forcible actuatoror driver for the coin to positively operate the register.

Having thus described my invention, what Iclaim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a coin-registering bank, the combination, with a coin-conduit; anda plurality of pockets in communication therewith; of a plurality ofspring-retracted detents; means for projecting said detents into saidpockets; a registering mechanism; and means for carrying coinsconsecutively into engagement therewith.

2. In a coin-registering bank, the combination, with a coin-conduit; andwith pockets communicating therewith; of a plurality of spring-retracteddetents; cams for projecting said detents into said pockets; aregistering mechanism; and means for carrying coins consecutively intoengagement therewith.

3. In a coin-registering bank, the combination, with a coin-conduit; andwith pockets in communication therewith; of springretracted detents; arotatable shaft; cams mounted on said shaft and for projecting saiddetents into said pockets; a registering mechanism; and means forcarrying coins consecutively into engagement therewith.

4. In a coin-registering bank, the combination, with a registeringmechanism; of a differentially-movable rack; and means for carryingcoins consecutively into engagement with said rack.

5. In a coin-registering bank, the combination, with a registeringmechanism; of a differentially-movable rack tiltable into engagementtherewith; and means for carrying coins consecutively into engagementwith said rack.

6. In a coin-registering bank, the combination, with a registeringmechanism; of a differentially-shiftable rack operatively connectedtherewith; and means for carrying coinsconsecutivelyinto engagementwithsaid rack.

7. In a coin-registering bank, the combination, with a registeringmechanism; of a diEerentially-movable rack shiftable in oppositedirections; coins consecutively into engagement with the rack.

8. In a coin-registering bank, the combination, with a registeringmechanism; of a (lifierentially-movable rack shiftable in oppositedirections; means for carrying coins consecutively into engagement withthe rack; and means for returning said rack into its normal position.

9. In a coin-registering bank, the combination, with a registeringmechanism; of a rack shiftable in opposite directions; means forcarrying coins consecutively into engagement with the rack; and adouble-action spring for returning said rack into its normal position.

10. In a coin-registering bank, the combination, with a plurality ofindependently-operable register-disks, each having a pinion; of a rackhaving teeth for successively engaging said pinions; and means forcarrying coins consecutively into engagement with said rack.

11. In a coin-registering bank, the combination, with a plurality ofindependently-operable register-disks, each having a pinion; of a rackhaving teeth for successively engaging said pinions; means for carryingcoins consecutivelyinto en gagementwith said rack; and means forreturning said rack into its normal position.

12. In a coin-registering bank, the combination, with a plurality ofindependently-operable register-disks; of a rack for engaging saiddisks, and having lateral projections in position to be individuallyengaged by coins; and means for carrying coins consecutively intoengagement with said projections.

13. In a coin-registering bank, the combination, with a unitsregister-disk having a pinand means for carrying ion; and with aten-units register-disk having a pinion; and a gear in engagement withsaid ten-units pinion; of a shiftable rack movable into engagement withthe units-pinion and with said gear, alternately.

14. In a coin-registering bank, the combination, with a magazine; andwith pockets in communication therewith; and of a rotatable shaft; andmeans for supporting-a coin during its descent in its pocket, andoperatively connected with said shaft; and means for checking thepassage of another coin into said pocket preparatory to the discharge ofthe first coin therefrom.

. 15. In a coin-registering bank, the combination, with a magazine; andwith pockets in communication therewith; of a register mechanism; arotatable shaft; and finger-cams mounted on said shaft and forsupporting a coin during its descent in its pocket and subsequentlyforcing the same into engagement with the registering mechanism.

16. In a coin-registering bank, the combination, with a magazine; andwith pockets communicating therewith; of a rotatable shaft; finger-camsmounted on said shaft and for supporting a coin during its descent in apocket; and means for checking the passage of another coin into saidpocket preparatory to the discharging of the first coin therefrom.

17. In a coin-registering bank, the combination, with a magazine; andwith pockets communicating therewith; of a rotatable shaft; finger-camsmounted on said'shaft and for supporting a coin during its descent intosaid pocket; a spring-retracted detent for checking the passage ofanother .coin into the pocket before the discharge of the first cointherefrom; and a cam for projecting said detent into said pocket.

18. In a coin-registering bank, the combination, with a magazine; andwith pockets communicating therewith; of a rotatable shaft; means forsupporting a coin during its descent in said pocket and operable fromsaid shaft; and means for preventing backward rotation of said shaft.

19. In a coin-registering apparatus, a coinregistering mechanism,comprising aprimary member for engaging said registering mechanism, andhaving several extensions or coinabutments, a runway for promiscuouscoins having branching passages or conduits for carrying coins ofdifferent sizes into positions against the respective abutments, andmeans for imparting to the assorted and properlypositioned coinspositive movements to forcibly operate the register by impingementagainst the abutments of the said primary member.

Signed by me at Springfield, Massachusetts,

WM. S. BELLows, M. A. CAMPBELL.

